Word: quickness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Crusaders, who entered the game with only one win, a hard-fought three-point decision against long-time Ivy cellar-dweller Columbia, streaked to a 10-2 lead in the first three-and-a-half minutes. Holy Cross freshman guard David Boyle added seven quick points off the bench to help Holy Cross open up a 23-9 lead on its way to a 105-89 victory over the stumbling Crimson...
...expensive to maintain an embargo, particularly for a period of months or years. But it is far less expensive than a war, and it costs far fewer lives. For all the assurances that an American invasion would be a quick, devastating affair, there are a dozen analysts, military strategists and combat veterans who claim the opposite...
...reach Parliament, Major was elected in 1979 to represent Huntingdon. He is said to have first caught Thatcher's eye when he engaged her in a blazing dinner debate on economic policy. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1987 to July 1989, Major gained a reputation for his quick grasp of complex issues and steady nerves. Later as Chancellor he combined with Douglas Hurd to persuade Thatcher to take Britain into the E.C.'s Exchange Rate Mechanism, an achievement of considerable political agility...
...varied offense that sets up his passing game with ball control on the ground. Defenders face bruising off-tackle smashes by 12-year veteran running back Ottis Anderson (who seeks to become the first N.F.L. player to gain 1,000 yds. in each of three decades) and sweeps and quick openers by jackrabbit Dave Meggett, who can also turn short passes into scampering long gainers. This year Simms has taken fewer chances throwing into defensive coverage; at one point, he had fired 150 passes without an interception...
...many magazines are like microwave cheeseburgers: quick, convenient and bland. Yet one quirky exception has been eminently successful at putting spice in the American reading diet: the Utne Reader, an alternative Reader's Digest stuffed with provocative articles gleaned mostly from the country's left- < leaning and fringe press. Founded six years ago, the Minneapolis-based bimonthly has become a handbook for baby boomers, new agers and whole earthers, as well as the odd eclectic middle-of-the-roader. Says television essayist Bill Moyers, an inveterate reader: "I wish I had invented it. It's sort of like an underground...